and song. A scene to craze weak brains ; ft scene to make cowards of Weak hearts. And it was at this moment, when Man might have been pardoned had he forgotten his manhood, that his whole soul triumphantly asserted it. "WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST !" ■ We have conned it again and again, with heart throbs and blinding tears, yet the marvel of it never ceases. The marvel and the joy and the pride of it. Where so few could be saved, those few must be the women and the little ones.' If any amn, dazed with feai', thought otherwise, he was a cur, to be shot down j ac Vermin. Calmly, steadfastly, sometimes with parting mow bitter than Death itself, the women and children were given their chance of life. Then, his knightly duty accomplished, Man faced about to meet an end 60 ghastly I that tho vision thereof freezes us, with ! horror. And, remembering these deeds, shall not our cheeks burn red with ehame the next time we read of our militant sisters raising their clamour against Man the Oppressor? Remembering these dj&eds, shall not our consciences prick the next J time we .hear modern man accused of lack of chivalry! Remembering these deeds, Bhall we not ask ourselves whether, if new woman finds new man wanting in deference, the fault m*y not lie in herself ; in a. lowering of her own nobility; in a misapprehension of her highest right— the privilege of ministration towards those who are ready to serve her even unto Death ? Frojn the floating wreckage of th* j Titanic, from cruel 'berg and yawning sea, the winds bear to us one heart' laden echo t— "WOMKN AND CHILDREN FIRST !" And our womanhood cobs back in reverent answer :— "Chivalry has not fled."

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